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Hello again. OK, I get it. Tonight I will... 722 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello again.

OK, I get it. Tonight I will make sure that the two units broadcast on channels 4 channels apart. Or 5. We will experiment.
We are right now installing a new system, but I am not...
Posted by peter_cph, on Sep 23, 2008 at 03:46 AM, in Networking
From the wall where the cable comes in to the... 722 Views / 7 Replies  
From the wall where the cable comes in to the house, there is a SpeedStream DSL-modem. From there there is an ethernet cable to a D-Link wireless router with a built-in 4-way switch. The router sends...
Posted by peter_cph, on Sep 19, 2008 at 07:28 AM, in Networking
Hello Mike It's about 90% now that he cannot... 722 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello Mike

It's about 90% now that he cannot connect with his Intel MacBook Pro. It has never been good, but it has been much better.

The wireless connection is made to the wireless router or...
Posted by peter_cph, on Sep 18, 2008 at 03:17 PM, in Networking
Network Enigma 722 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello friends

My friend and co-worker bought a new MacBook Pro 15" a few months ago in exchange for his PowerBook G4 1.67.

It has worked perfectly except for one thing - networking.

At the...
Posted by peter_cph, on Sep 18, 2008 at 10:54 AM, in Networking
No doubt Disk Warrios is an awesome app. It has... 3,476 Views / 6 Replies  
No doubt Disk Warrios is an awesome app. It has done wonders for me. However, other apps have helped me in similar situations, when Disk Warrior gave up ... Data Rescue...
Posted by peter_cph, on May 14, 2006 at 06:41 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Disappearing printer 487 Views / 0 Replies  
I don't know if this is in the right forum, but let me give it a try ...

I managed to persuade my dad to get a Mac, when his old old PC should be replaced. So i bought him a 17" PowerBook and he...
Posted by peter_cph, on May 14, 2006 at 06:23 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I will chec for "hidden" folders as the first i... 578 Views / 4 Replies  
I will chec for "hidden" folders as the first i do tomorrow.

It is a G4 Server, 1 GHz (the one with the noisy fan).

:)
Posted by peter_cph, on May 8, 2006 at 12:07 PM, in macOS
Lost (in) Space ... 578 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi again and thanks to those of you who helped me clear up my other little problem.

This one is even more annoying ....

I have a 250 GB harddrive attached to our file server. There are 5...
Posted by peter_cph, on May 8, 2006 at 11:57 AM, in macOS
Ha ... I knew there had to be a simple... 568 Views / 3 Replies  
Ha ... I knew there had to be a simple explanation.

Thanks a million!
Posted by peter_cph, on May 8, 2006 at 11:40 AM, in macOS
Strange view issue 568 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello

Suddenly black frames has started to appear on my monitor, when I view "things" - folder, files, stuff

It is pretty hard to explain, but you can see a few (3 actually) screen dumps here:...
Posted by peter_cph, on May 8, 2006 at 01:33 AM, in macOS
Yes, that is what happens .... i wasn'r aware of... 1,676 Views / 26 Replies  
Yes, that is what happens .... i wasn'r aware of the 137 GB on the iMac ... but I did install a apir of 160 GB's in a blue/white and they both came out as 128 GB drives ....

In machines where...
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 30, 2005 at 07:41 PM, in Mac Desktops
Disk formatting problems 499 Views / 0 Replies  
Greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark

I have a problem, that I can't seem to solve. I hope this is the right forum.

Setup:

G4 dual 800 (Quicksilver)
Mac OS X 10.4 (fully updated)

1 x 80...
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 29, 2005 at 05:43 AM, in Mac Desktops
How do I access a Windows formatted external drive? 457 Views / 1 Replies  
I have an external hard drive (Firewire and USB) that I connected to a PC to retrive some data (backup) and now I want to drag those data (mostly Word files and images) onto my Mac.

But ...

I...
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 16, 2005 at 11:54 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
iTunes, duplicates, woz, pandemonium, havoc .. I'm going nuts (rather long) 617 Views / 2 Replies  
I read somewhere that Woz criticizes Apple (and Microsoft) for making lousy software. And that he suggests that Apple goes back to the Lisa days, when software was created with the user in mind - as...
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 9, 2005 at 06:13 PM, in Applications
I have set the jumpers to Master, the label on... 1,676 Views / 26 Replies  
I have set the jumpers to Master, the label on the Seagate drive clearly specifies how the jumpers are set. It was the master drive in the G4 too.
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 6, 2005 at 12:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
It used to work in my G4 450 ... I took it out to... 1,676 Views / 26 Replies  
It used to work in my G4 450 ... I took it out to replace it with a larger drive
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 5, 2005 at 09:38 AM, in Mac Desktops
I have just double-checked that (what a terror... 1,676 Views / 26 Replies  
I have just double-checked that (what a terror taking it all apart again and again) and the jumpers are set to Master, just like on the drive I removed.


Too weird ... perhaps I should try with a...
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 5, 2005 at 05:56 AM, in Mac Desktops
Well ... I started off of the OS 9 CD and would... 1,676 Views / 26 Replies  
Well ... I started off of the OS 9 CD and would have reformatted the 80 GB harddrive, but neither System Profiler nor Disk Utility recognizes the drive is there

:(
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 4, 2005 at 03:33 PM, in Mac Desktops
iMac G3 233 - is there a harddrive size limit? 1,676 Views / 26 Replies  
Hi there

I have thios iMac 233 (running 9.2.2) which is in overall good condition, the 8 GB harddrive is just a tad small. Tried to swop it with an 80 GB drive, but system profiler doesn't even...
Posted by peter_cph, on Dec 4, 2005 at 12:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
The Access Point can give out IP's, but not the... 718 Views / 3 Replies  
The Access Point can give out IP's, but not the Range Extender. No built-ion DHCP-server. And the MAC filtering onthe Access Point is OFF.

Also, the Access Point is set to NOT hand out...
Posted by peter_cph, on Oct 16, 2005 at 10:52 AM, in Networking
Extending a wireless network 718 Views / 3 Replies  
Friends,

I want to extend the range of a wireless network and it's causing me a lot of trouble. All hints and all help appreciated.



The setup is as follows:

Wall Socket (internet)
-...
Posted by peter_cph, on Oct 16, 2005 at 08:14 AM, in Networking
Noisy switch 504 Views / 1 Replies  
This is for the networking experts ...

Except for losing 2 ports ... what is the difference between having
a) a 24 port switch and b) 3 "daisy-chained" 8-port switches?

Why I ask:
Our...
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 5, 2005 at 05:12 PM, in Networking
Hello. You mention the NEC ND-6500A "superdrive".... 45,879 Views / 248 Replies  
Hello. You mention the NEC ND-6500A "superdrive". I am very curious about that, because I have recently bought a Matshita UJ-825B CD/DVD "superdrive" for my G4 Titanium Powerbook at Newegg.com.
...
Posted by peter_cph, on Mar 8, 2005 at 08:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: No CD Burner found ... but it can read! 818 Views / 4 Replies  
Good thinking ... but the drive is always on ... there's not even an on/off switch on it ... it's always powered up and the lignts come on as soon as I turn on the Mac (and there is activity on the...
Posted by peter_cph, on Sep 12, 2004 at 04:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
No CD Burner found ... but it can read! 818 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi folks

I connected at LaCie external FireWire "superdrive"" (read and burns both CD and DVD) to my blue/white G3 running OS 9.2.2

It worked fine. I burned a couple of DVD's and some CD's and...
Posted by peter_cph, on Sep 12, 2004 at 05:53 AM, in Mac Desktops
Upgrading hard drives in G4 Server (jaguar) 633 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello people

I have a G4 Server (2x1GHz) with 2 80 GB harddrives that are mirrored (RAID ?).

I want to exchange the 2 80GB drives with 2 larger drives (I have bought 2 250 GB drives), but I...
Posted by peter_cph, on Aug 12, 2004 at 03:24 AM, in macOS
Backup madness / Reprospect Express/ OS 9 501 Views / 1 Replies  
Greetings from sunny Copenhagen

On a G4 Macrunning OS 9.2.2 I have installed Restrospect Express (it came with a 250 GB external Maxtor FireWire disk).

While I was on holiday a co-worker...
Posted by peter_cph, on Aug 6, 2004 at 02:57 AM, in Applications
I tried to open de document in BBEdit, but the... 751 Views / 7 Replies  
I tried to open de document in BBEdit, but the contents were kinda scrambled ... like it is encoded or something.

:(
Posted by peter_cph, on Jul 31, 2004 at 03:00 AM, in Applications
If it only was that easy, but unfortunately it... 751 Views / 7 Replies  
If it only was that easy, but unfortunately it will not let me open it at all, if i don't provide it with the correct password.

I have checked my preferences and i use Word all the time and I have...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jul 30, 2004 at 09:03 PM, in Applications
Lost password to Word ducument 751 Views / 7 Replies  
Hi all ... greetings from Copenhagen

I tried to open a Word file today using Word X for Mac OSX and to my surprise it says it is password protected. I don't recall protecting it and I have no idea...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jul 30, 2004 at 07:46 PM, in Applications
Locked volume ??? 465 Views / 0 Replies  
I have posted this in the Classic and OS 9 forum as well .. I don't know exactly where it belongs ...

---

How about this one:

I wanted to upgrade the PB G4 400 to OSX ... I had a 10 GB disk...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jul 10, 2004 at 05:39 PM, in macOS
The weirdness continues Copied the complete... 10,014 Views / 3 Replies  
The weirdness continues

Copied the complete OS 9 partitionto the OSX partition. Dragged the OS 9 partition to the trash. Went to system prefs and selected a new OS 9 startup folder ... and tried...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jul 10, 2004 at 05:22 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Locked volume on PowerBook 10,014 Views / 3 Replies  
How about this one:

I wanted to upgrade the PB G4 400 to OSX ... I had a 10 GB disk in
it, and bought a new 60 GB.

So .. I connected an external FW-drive and uswed Carbon Copy Cloner
to...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jul 10, 2004 at 10:46 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
More Weirdness 693 Views / 2 Replies  
In an attempt to solve this problem, I attempted to run Disk Utilit again. It failed telling me that the disk could not be made inactive!

So I ran DiskWarrior 3.0.2 again. And now thingsreally...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jun 24, 2004 at 06:33 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Maxtor OneTouch ... or Don'tTouch? 693 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello again.

A while ago I had some problems with a 250 GB Maxtor OneTouch external FW/USB drive. Apparently I had a bad cable. For a while the drive worked fine, and i was so happy with it, I...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jun 23, 2004 at 09:56 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Whooops ... found Carbon Copy Cloner at... 567 Views / 7 Replies  
Whooops ... found Carbon Copy Cloner at Versiontracker.com ... will give it a try ... sounds almost too good to be true.

:)

P
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 16, 2004 at 09:19 PM, in macOS
Even more interesting: ... can you run Panther on... 567 Views / 7 Replies  
Even more interesting: ... can you run Panther on a beige G3 .... I thought 10.2.8 was the limit ...

:)
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 16, 2004 at 09:10 PM, in macOS
Hey ... interresting ... 2 questions: ... 567 Views / 7 Replies  
Hey ... interresting ...

2 questions:

Carbon Copy Cloner .... what does it do? Is it a commercial product or a shareware application?

It sounds like some kind of back-up software. Maybe I...
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 16, 2004 at 09:07 PM, in macOS
Awesome ... Thanks. This might be a workaround... 567 Views / 7 Replies  
Awesome ... Thanks. This might be a workaround untill I find 4-5 free hours lying around somewhere.

Thank ... weekend is saved!

Peter
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 16, 2004 at 10:14 AM, in macOS
OSX on beige G3 - drive problems 567 Views / 7 Replies  
OK .. so I screwed up.

All full of good intentions, I added a second harddisk (Maxtor 40 GB) to the 20 GB Quantum already in the box.

On the Quantum was OS 9.2.2

I put OSX Install disk 1 in...
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 16, 2004 at 09:32 AM, in macOS
Needs suggestion for litterature on OSX Server 10.2 420 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello again.

Does anybody have some good suggestions for books to read to learn more about OSX Server 10.2?

I have all sorts of questions and maybe reading up on the subject would help answer...
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 4, 2004 at 06:05 PM, in macOS
Probably ... good point. 462 Views / 2 Replies  
Probably ... good point. Thanks for the suggestion.
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 4, 2004 at 04:24 PM, in macOS
OSX Server 10.2 og BW G3 513 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi Folks

I planned to install OSX Server 10.2 on a G3/400 with 512 MB RAM.

It's equipped with a 9 GB SCSI-disk (the original disk) and with an 80 GB Seagate Barracuda IDE disk and via a Sonnet...
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 4, 2004 at 04:23 PM, in macOS
OSX Server 10.2 on a B/W G3 462 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi Folks

I planned to install OSX Server 10.2 on a G3/400 with 512 MB RAM.

It's equipped with a 9 GB SCSI-disk (the original disk) and with an 80 GB Seagate Barracuda IDE disk and via a Sonnet...
Posted by peter_cph, on Apr 3, 2004 at 07:16 PM, in macOS
Old printer with Panther: Okipage 14i - no driver available. 666 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi there - greetings from Copenhagen

I have this good semi-old printer, and Okipage 14i, which has served me well for about 3 years. It is equipped with an ethernet card and with an extra "lower...
Posted by peter_cph, on Feb 23, 2004 at 12:27 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: External Maxtor USB/FW 250 GB not active 612 Views / 5 Replies  
Now I really feel stupid ... I tyried with a USB cable. And that worked. Then I tried with the Firewire Cable, and that still didn't work. Then I tried with another Fiewwire cable, and that worked....
Posted by peter_cph, on Jan 25, 2004 at 06:57 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Re: Re: Re: External Maxtor USB/FW 250 GB not active 612 Views / 5 Replies  
Oh ... right. I did try that. It doesn't work. Nothing happens.
:(

Peter
Posted by peter_cph, on Jan 25, 2004 at 12:29 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Re: External Maxtor USB/FW 250 GB not active 612 Views / 5 Replies  
I haven't seen a format option anywhere ... where should I look?
Posted by peter_cph, on Jan 24, 2004 at 07:05 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
External Maxtor USB/FW 250 GB not active 612 Views / 5 Replies  
Hello

I just bought an external drive, a Maxtor OneTouch 250 GB harddisk with USB as well as FireWire connection.

I connect it with the FireWire cable, it powers up, the powerlight is on and it...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jan 24, 2004 at 07:16 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
DVD-burner for G3 BW 465 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello folks.

Long time ago I swapped the built-in CD-ROM drive with a burner. Now I plan to swap that with a DVD-burner. Having 6 times the data a CD can hold on a DVD spinds very appealing to me...
Posted by peter_cph, on Jan 24, 2004 at 05:47 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
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